Tonicella is a genus of chitons known as the lined chitons.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tonicella Carpenter, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138090 on 2022-06-22
The genus name derives from the Greek tonos (something stretched, a brace, a strain) and cell (diminutive).AFSC/RACE – Lined Chiton, Tonicella lineata
Species Species within the genus Tonicella include: Image Scientific name Distribution Tonicella insignis coastal region of Alaska to Oregon in North AmericaLamb, Andy & Handy, Bernard P. Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest Harbour Publishing 2005 The shell protects themselves from predators by blending their body into the environment. The special white line on T. insignis is one of the most distinguish characteristic which only exist on the second to the seventh valve. Tonicella lineatafrom the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to San Miguel Island of California, as well as the Sea of Okhotsk of Russia and northern Japan. Tonicella lokiiEastern Central Pacific Tonicella marmorea the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. Tonicella solidior Tonicella squamigera Tonicella submarmoreaSea of Okhotsk Tonicella undocaerulea from Kodiak, Alaska to Point Conception, California. Tonicella venustaMonterey Bay, California Tonicella zotini
References
Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. Stebbins, T. D.; Eernisse, D. J. (2009). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) known from benthic monitoring programs in the Southern California Bight. The Festivus. 41 (6): 53–100, errata.
External links Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.